⚠️ Flood Warning – Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS – Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Flood Warning issued September 30 at 2:33PM CDT until October 3 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

…The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas…

Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Atchison and Leavenworth
Counties.

* WHAT…Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Stranger Creek at Easton.

* WHEN…From Thursday morning to Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS…At 17.0 feet, Water enters low-lying fields south of
Easton. At 18.0 feet, 1st street in Easton and 231st street north
and south of Easton begin to flood. At 19.5 feet, Highway 192 just
east of Easton is closed due to swift current of water over the
road.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 4.2 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.8 feet tomorrow evening. It
will then fall below flood stage Friday morning.
– Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

This product along with additional weather and stream information is
available at www.weather.gov/kc/.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.